The Brookhaven leader., 1887-02-17
A BIG HOME ENTERP RISE.
WHAT \ LEADER REPORTER SAW AND
LEARNED ny a VISIT To THE Brook
HAVEN LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING
COMPANY


HAVEN LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING
| COMPANY.
A few days ago representative Of
THE LEADER in search of an item, be-
thought himself to pay visit to the
Brookhaven Lumber and Manufacturing
CO., whose plant is located ON the l. c.
Railroad one mile north of the depot.
This Company was organized aud char
tered in 1SSl, and very few people even
here at home have any conception of the
extent of the Company's operations, the
variety and quantity of lumber it is turn
ing out, the splendid equipment of ma
chincry, etc, and our reporter soon found
that all of his prccOuceived ideas of the
establishment fell tar short of the reality.
| Mr.. NJ. Dreyfus, one of the principal
stock holders and a capital business man,
met the reporter Oh his arrival and kind, y
laid aside his business for the time aud
showed him over the entire establishment
and explained its workings. 1t may be
truly said that the Company does what it
claims-carries the largest stock of both
rough and dressed longl leaf yellow pIne
| lumber on the /. G. Road between New
Orleans, La, and Cairo, Ill. Kiln-drled
flooring, ceiling, siding finishing stuff and
mouldings are made IA speciality; besides
car, bridge and building rimbcrs sawed
to order in large quantities. Their lum-
Der yard where all classes OF lumber is
stocked, is simply immense. The Compa-
ny does not saw any lumber from the logs,
but gets its supply in the rough from the
numerous saw mills in the county by
wagon and rail, dries it and man ufacturcs
it into all desirable and marketable
shapes. The |. e. Railroad has built two
switches for the accommodation of the
Company, one running through the yard
to platform from whence the green lnm
Der is unoaded from the cars and run into
the drying kilns, and the other along the
extensive sheds where the dried, dressed
and manufactured lumber is piled ready
to be loaded OH the cars for final ship
ment.
All of the machinery is of the latest and
most improved patterns, and no expense
in this respect has been spared. There
are machines used for dressing lumber
anywhere from 4 to inches thickness and
4 to IA inches wide, and in connection
with these are trimming saws for cutting
all lumber of uniform length. Also at.
tachments for tonguing and growing and
with from one to six beads and the beau
tiful corrugated ceiling. A machine
known as a re-saw cuts the most beautiful
bevel- edged Notwithstanding, making
two pieces of a board of ordinary thick
ness, and another machine known as a
surface plancr is capable of planning two
sides at once from 6 inches or less i'm
thickness to 26 inches in width. A mold
featuring every conceivable pattern OF
molding to be found in the Universal
Moulding Book and that fancy could sug-
gest, is II special feature, and convenient
ly situated is patent steam grinding
machine for keeping all the planning
knives of the machinery sharp and in the
most perfect order.
The Sturtevant dry-kiln apparatus,
with latest improvements furnishes tho
hot air for the two drying houses which
are 20xS0 feet each aud capable of tnrn-
ing out one hundred thousand feet of
lumber per week in addition to the sup
ply of dry lumber taken from the yard
daily. The whole of this machinery is
run by a powerful improved engine
supplied by 2 very large boilers. The
fuel is supplied by the saw dust and shaw
ings conveyed from the machines to the
furnaces by Sturtevant double
exhauster (fan).
Mr.. Dreyfus gives the business of the
Company his constant personal supervis-
ion, and is ably assisted by his clever
foreman, Mr.. j. j. Myers; Mr.. Q. Y. Ham
ilton, yard foreman, and Messrs. NJ. Lor-
din and c. Linton, tally-men. Regular
employment is given to about 30 hands,
The aim OF the Company IS to keep close
ly up with their Orders;,though in this
they are sometimes sorely pressed-and
to keep we'll assorted stock always on
hand. Stock is taken of all lumber at
least once year, and the amount on hand
when the last inventory was taken i'll
January reached 1900, 900 feet There is
great demand for their lumber in the
North and Northwest where it ranks
amongst the best, and number of ship
ments have been made as far as Nebraska
and Dakota.
Our reporter felt more than repaid for
bis visit, and writes down the Brook
haven Lumber and Manufacturing Co.
as an enterprise of which our city should
feel truly proud.
G.,,. UHaaI6h